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In the 2000s, Stericycle achieved growth through launching and/or acquiring complementary business lines, as well as continued international expansion. In 2003, Stericycle entered sharps waste management, acquiring Scherer Healthcare's existing practice and occasionally referring to parts of the service as “Bio Systems” in markets like Ireland.
Most branches of the Bureau are headed by a Senior Deputy Commissioner, with directorates that fall under a Deputy Commissioner. [4]In addition to its main operations, the Competition Bureau also jointly manages the Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC), in partnership with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Ontario Provincial Police.
The Competition Bureau Canada opened an investigation in 2020 to probe whether the Alphabet-owned search engine giant had engaged in practices that harm competition in Canada's online ads industry.
The Scanner Price Accuracy Code is a Canadian retail voluntary practice managed by the Retail Council of Canada and endorsed by the Competition Bureau. [1] It was introduced in June 2002 [2]: 2 as Canadian retailers were in the midst of updating their point-of-sale systems with barcode readers [1] to "foster consumer confidence" with the new systems. [3]
The Competition Tribunal (French: Tribunal de la concurrence) is the federal adjudicative body in Canada responsible for cases regarding competition laws under the Competition Act. [ 1 ]
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The Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre (CAFC; formerly known as PhoneBusters National Call Centre) is Canada's national anti-fraud call centre and central fraud data repository. [1] It was established in January 1993 in North Bay, Ontario , and is jointly operated by the Ontario Provincial Police , Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Competition Bureau .
In 1985, the conservative government of Brian Mulroney replaced the Combines Investigation Act, 1923, with the Competition Act, which came into effect on June 19, 1986. [1] [7] [2] The provisions in this Act regarding civil mergers, which deal with both horizontal and vertical mergers, replaced the ineffectual Criminal Code provisions under which only a handful of cases were brought between ...